Which of the following is a major difference between LINEs and SINEs?
A) Proteins sometimes are translated from LINEs but they never are from SINEs.
B) SINEs make RNA copies of themselves,whereas LINEs do not.
C) LINEs make RNA copies of themselves,whereas SINEs do not.
D) SINEs are larger than LINEs.
E) SINEs can move from place to place in the genome,whereas LINEs cannot.

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LINEs (Long Interspersed Nuclear Elements) can encode proteins necessary for their own retrotransposition, whereas SINEs (Short Interspersed Nuclear Elements) do not encode proteins and rely on LINEs for their movement.

Which of the Following Is a Major Difference Between LINEs